Second Circuit· 8/31/2007

Jiang v. Gonzales

Citations

500 F.3d 137
2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 20978
2007 WL 2458415

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noting that harm to an applicant’s family member might amount to 9 past persecution if the applicant was in the “zone of risk” and suffered some harm 10 following the incident or the harm was a means of targeting the applicant
finding no past persecution where forced abortion resulted in illness and diminished health to petitioner’s mother, imposing “anguish ... and ... economic loss” to him
explaining that the rule in Jorge-Tzoc applies where the applicant “shares ... the characteristic that motivated persecutors to harm the family member, ... [was] within the zone of risk when the family member was harmed, and suffered some continuing hardship after the incident”
noting “the agency must consider the totality of the circumstances in each case to determine whether harm suffered by family members in combination with other factors may constitute past persecution of the applicant”
the BIA’s factual findings “are conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary”
“[A]n 15 applicant must rely upon harm the applicant has suffered 16 individually.”

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Judges: Jacobs, Parker, Hurd

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